Sam Willetts (born 1962) is an English poet. He was born and raised in Oxford. His father Harry Willetts was a noted scholar and translator of Russian at St Antony's College, Oxford. Sam studied English at Wadham College. He has struggled with drug addiction and homelessness.Oxford Times His first book of poems New Light for the Old Dark (2010) was nominated for the Forward Prize for Poetry, the Costa Book Award for Poetry and the T. S. Eliot Prize.
Awards YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.2010New Light for the Old DarkCosta Book AwardsPoetryForward Prizes for PoetryFirst CollectionT. S. Eliot Prize—
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New Light for the Old Dark (2010)
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